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small fry ['smɔ:lfraɪ]stresses
gen. мелкая рыбёшка; мальки; доходяга (Artjaazz); мелкий; мелочь; мелкая сошка (He may be the big man back home, but he's a small fry here. • He claimed that 95 per cent of the force was corrupt and said he was only 'a small fry compared with what my fellow officers were taking. • He is only a small fry, there's no need to bother with him. • The prosecution did not go after the alleged big operator behind the crime, instead targeting a small fry while allowing the big sharks to escape.); рыбья мелочь (I *think* this is better for US usage Liv Bliss)
coll., inf. живность
contempt. мелюзга; мелкота
derog. ребятня
fig. шавка (Anglophile); меньшая братия; меньший брат
fig., coll. плотва; плотвица; плотица
Gruzovik, fig. плотва; меньша́я братия; меньшой брат
Gruzovik, inf. рыбёшка
Gruzovik, obs. сволота (= сво́лочь); сво́лочь
humor. отставной козы барабанщик (Anglophile)
ichtyol. аллосмер (Allosmerus elongatus); насада (двухлетки)
idiom. мелкая птаха (Liv Bliss)
inf. ребятишки; козявка; рядовой (The designation essentially severs the institution from the global banking system, but it is only a small-fry player. 4uzhoj); сявка (george serebryakov)
inf., obs. сволота; сволочить; сволочь
manag. маленький человек (Ремедиос_П)
slang дети
Игорь Миг, child. масик; малявка
small-fry ['smɔ:lfraɪ]
gen. незначительный; ничтожный; детский; ребячий; мелкий
fish.farm. частик (Alexander Demidov)
inf. мелкого пошиба (The designation essentially severs the institution from the global banking system, but it is only a small-fry player. • A key suspect in the Bali bomb attacks told an Indonesian court on Thursday that he was only a "small-fry terrorist". 4uzhoj)
Makarov. детский; ребячий
small fry: 15 phrases in 10 subjects
Chess1
Contextual meaning1
Figurative2
Figure of speech1
Informal1
Italian1
Makarov2
Politics1
Proverb1
Slang4